The Mets are going to retire Keith Hernandez’s No. 17 subsequent season, throughout a ceremony on Saturday, July 9, previous to a recreation with the Marlins.
Hernandez, the lynchpin of the Mets’ 1986 world championship workforce, joins Casey Stengel (37), Gil Hodges (14), Tom Seaver (41), Mike Piazza (31) and Jerry Koosman (36) to be so honored.
Hernandez performed for the Mets from 1983-89, acquired from the Cardinals in a commerce on June 15, 1983. He hit .297 as a Met and received 5 Gold Gloves as a primary baseman in New York. In 1984, he completed second to Ryne Sandberg within the NL MVP vote, hitting .311 with 97 RBIs.
He shared the 1979 MVP Award with Willie Stargell, hitting .344 with 105 RBIs for St. Louis, and was additionally a key member of the Cardinals’ 1982 World Sequence winner.
Hernandez was elected to the Mets Corridor of Fame in 1997.
“I’m thrilled,” Hernandez mentioned in a press release launched by the Mets. “That is actually a particular honor that lasts past a lifetime. I can’t thank Steve and Alex Cohen and the Mets Corridor of Fame Committee sufficient.
“I used to be very emotional when Steve [Cohen] known as to let me know concerning the quantity retirement. That is the best honor a company can bestow upon a participant. I additionally wish to thank Mets followers, who've handled me like household since I arrived in 1983.”
“Keith was the primary captain in workforce historical past and an incredible chief and catalyst on that ’86 championship workforce,” mentioned Cohen, the Mets’ chairman, CEO and proprietor. “He was a defensive wizard at first and was a clutch performer late in video games. We made a promise to proceed celebrating and honoring our super historical past and that is one other deserving step in that path. Congratulations, Keith.”
Hernandez, who led the NL in fielding share in 1985 and 1986 with the Mets, received 11 Gold Gloves total and is a member of the Rawlings Gold Glove Corridor of Fame.
He was named to 5 All-Star groups and ranks fourth in Mets historical past in on-base share (.387) and tenth in RBIs (468). His teammates elected him the primary captain in Mets historical past on Might On Might 1987.
Hernandez, who has been a member of the Mets’ broadcast workforce for practically 30 years, posted a .310/.446/.413 slash line with 34 doubles, 13 homers, 83 RBIs and an NL-leading 94 walks in 1986. He delivered three RBIs in Sport 7 of the 1986 World Sequence.
He has been within the Mets tv sales space since 1999, together with the final 16 years on SNY.
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